Abstract: A wind-resistant overhead door includes substantially vertical windbars mounted on the side portions of the frame, and windlocks or endlocks on the lateral edge portions of the intermediate and bottommost of endmost slats of the closure, such as a rolling door. By providing a predetermined clearance between the windbars and windlocks by substantially eliminating such clearance with respect to the lowermost or endmost slat or bar, maximum flexing of the slats in response to wind loads and positive and negative pressures acting on the closures can be substantially eliminated to thereby control and substantially eliminate undesired deflections or gaps about the periphery of the closure. This minimizes the exposure to which glass elements behind the closures are exposes to wind loads, and pressures which can damage the same.

Abstract: Roll-down shutter with a rotating, self-locking winding shaft with coilable shutter armor made of linked interconnected shutter elements, whereby the top-most shutter element is attached to the winding shaft. In order to make an unauthorized separation of the shutters from the winding shaft practically impossible, the top-most shutter element is bound closed-shape with the winding shaft.

Abstract: A roll-up shutter is formed of numerous, identical, horizontally elongated slats each having a pair of oppositely and downwardly extended hooks formed on its upper edge and a downwardly opening groove on its lower edge for receiving the hooks of the next adjacent slat. The lower edges of the walls forming the groove in each slat are bent inwardly and upwardly to provide inner channels. The pair of hooks of one slat are normally engaged within the corresponding pair of channels of the next adjacent slat. The hook and channel on one side of each slat are arranged at a higher level than the corresponding hook and channel on the other side of each slat. When the shutter is opened, to cover a window or doorway opening, the engaged hooks and slats, which extend substantially along the full width of the shutter, form horizontally arranged, bar-like reinforcements for the shutter.

Abstract: A fire door system comprising first and second fire door assemblies each assembly including a fire door, a temperature sensing device and an operator. The operators of each of the assemblies are electrically interconnected such that when the fire doors simultaneously close when either (a) the temperature sensing device senses that the ambient temperature exceeds a predetermined value or (b) the circuit between the operators of the assemblies is deactivated.

Abstract: A roller for supporting and storing a flexible light control material. The roller is a substantially circular cylindrical tube defining an outer surface with circumferentially-spaced, longitudinally-extending ribs integral therewith and extending radially outwardly therefrom. One of the ribs defines a radially outwardly extending surface, and a separate one of said ribs defines a radially extending blade-like rib having a tapered and rounded free edge. A clip secures a flexible light control material to the roller. An elongated, resilient, transversely arcuate clip secures the flexible material to the body. The clip defines V-shaped ribs and radially inwardly directed V-shaped channels.

Abstract: A rolling shutter includes a plurality of elongated shutter elements each having a plurality of alternate ribs and valleys formed on each side thereof is pivotally coupled by a plurality of link elements interleaved between the shutter elements. The shutter element and link array thus formed includes a repeated subset combination of coupling links and shutter elements which facilitate the pivotal motion of a shutter element pair about a common link to form a reinforcing portion of the shutter element array. A tractor drive mechanism includes a plurality of drive belts having engaging teeth for coupling to the alternate ribs and valleys of the shutter elements to provide positive drive force in either direction. A spring-biased take-up roll is supported in proximity to the tractor drive to receive the portion of the shutter element array withdrawn into the tractor drive.

Abstract: A rolling door assembly for selectively covering an opening in a building includes a shutter roller rotatable about a substantially horizontal axis and a flexible panel windable on and off the roller for movement into retracted and extended conditions, respectively. The flexible panel defines an upper portion having a first width and a lower portion having a second width less than the first width. At least one pass door frame is hingedly securable proximate a lateral side of the opening for movement between a first position, in which the pass door frame extends in a substantially transverse direction relative to the opening and a second position, in which the pass door frame is substantially aligned with the at least one sidewall, the pass door frame defining a passage therethrough and a substantially vertical channel for guiding an edge region of the flexible panel lower portion as it is extended.

Abstract: A rolling shutter assembly having a shutter support member and a shutter coupled to the shutter support member. The shutter has a plurality of individual slats and a plurality of hinges interconnecting the slats. Each of the slats has a pair of end portions, and the slats include a first set of slats and a second set of slats, each of the slats in the first and second sets being alternated so that each of the hinges is connected to one of the slats in the first set and one of the slats in the second set. The shutter assembly has a pair of shutter tracks and an arrangement for rolling the shutter from an extended position in which the end portions of the slats are disposed in the shutter tracks to a retracted position in which the shutter is rolled up on the shutter support member.

Abstract: Fire control systems and release mechanisms. The release mechanisms of the present invention comprise a digital logic circuit for processing signals which are indicative of a condition in an outside environment, and for providing a trigger that will actuate the mechanical release mechanism in response to the condition, a power circuit for providing regulated power to the electronic circuit in response to the input power, the regulated power being used to operate the digital logic circuit, and a power backup circuit interfaced to the power circuit for providing the regulated power for a predetermined time in the event of an input power failure so that the digital logic circuit can be operated for the predetermined time during the input power failure.

Abstract: A roll-up closure for closing/opening a vertical opening such as a window or door, includes vertically spaced, horizontal slats, the ends of the slats being slidable in vertical guide channels. The lowermost slat carries a catch which is biased outwardly to a position preventing the closure from being raised. The catch can be released to permit raising of the closure, by means of a cable, a manually actuable member, or a mechanically actuable member.

Abstract: A roller shutter includes a plurality of horizontal slats (I) each provided with a flat lug (22) projecting from each end and mounting inside guide rails (V) on both sides of the window or door. Each slat has its upper edge (3) bent in a hook-profile in one direction and its lower edge (4) bent in a hook-profile in the opposite direction. The upper edge of each slat engages the lower edge of the adjoining slat in such a manner that all slats of the shutter are in firm engagement wile their axes are at a possible maximum distance from each other, but are releasable from each other by their rotation about their axes whenever the shutter is lowered with the lowermost slat resting on the window sill with the slat axes at a minimum distance from each other. Rotation of the slats is carried out by slotted rotors (III) rotatably mounted in the guide rails (V) whereof each rotor slot engages one flat lug (22), at minimum distance.

Abstract: A louverable roller blind has lamellar blind slats (14), similar to Venetian blind slats, hingedly linked at their upper areas to pull chain elements (21, 40) and at their lower areas to adjusting chain elements (23, 41). The blind slats (14) are further laterally guided in stationary guide profiles (31). Pins (32) that connect the adjusting chain elements (23, 41) to the blind slats (14) are spaced apart from a plane in which hinge pins (30) of the adjusting chain elements (23, 41) are located. The hinge pins (30, 32) that link the pull chain elements (21, 40) and the adjusting chain elements (23, 41), as well as swivelling pins (16) of the blind slats (14), are mutually aligned when the roller blind is not used as a Venetian blind. This alignment allows the roller blind to be rolled up without problems in a reduced space and to be used as a Venetian blind with no need for special aids.

Abstract: A roll-up door including thermal protection devices provided in the mounting arrangement thereof to prevent the transfer of cold outside air, snow, ice and the like through the doorway covered by the roll-up door, the thermal protection devices including a plastic member in the mounting arrangement to provide a thermal break therein, heating members also disposed in the mounting arrangement, and a heated hood disposed over the support roller on which the door is rolled up into in the opened position thereof. The plastic member can have a snap-on construction to facilitate the assembling thereof, and also for the removal thereof in the event replacement is necessary. The roll-up door is provided with a direct drive gearing arrangement disposed between the motor gear of the roll-up and roll-down mechanism and the support roller gear to avoid the building up of forces therethrough usually caused when the support roller becomes fixed in place or difficult to rotate due to cold weather conditions.

Abstract: The invention relates to a motor-driven roller blind comprising, on the one hand, an apron rolling up onto and unrolling from a winding shaft inside which is accommodated a tubular-type driving gear-motor and, on the other hand, means providing an electrical signal representative of the movement of the apron and an electrical-signal processing unit capable of acting on the running of the driving gear-motor, viz. to control the stopping of same in the event an obstacle is present. As a matter of fact, said means providing an electrical signal representative of the movement of the apron are comprised of at least one inductive sensor extending at least partly along the path followed by the apron, this inductive sensor being capable of creating an electromotive force under the action of the passing of a permanent magnet associated with the lower portion of the apron, which electromotive force is detected by the processing unit.

Abstract: The design of sliding shutter boxes for sliding shutters on windows, door openings and the like requires in most cases the off site assembly of the entire mounting. Furthermore, such sliding shutter boxes are often very large and heavy and thus unnecessarily burden the building. The invention therefore provides to use a self-supporting housing of sheet-metal parts, which can be preassembled and can be installed on site together with the drum needed for rolling up the sliding shutter, the sliding shutter itself and other parts.

Abstract: The lifting door has slatted armor for closing the door aperture, the armor having hinge straps including hinge members connected to one another by pins for articulation of the straps relative to one another. The hinge straps are supported in guide tracks at the sides of the door aperture. The adjoining slats attached to the hinge members are spaced from one another and sealing strips extending approximately the entire door width afford a seal between the opposed registering opposite edges of adjoining slats.

Abstract: A lifting door includes a plurality of slats pivotally connected one to the other for pivotal movement about horizontal axes. Each slat carries at opposite ends a guide. Guide tracks are disposed in a door aperture for guiding the door during opening and closing. The guide tracks above the door aperture extend in a generally inwardly directed spiral configuration whereby, upon opening the door, the slats are guided about the spirally configured guide tracks into an open position without engaging one another.

Abstract: An improved steel rolling door is equipped with a a number of pivot plates which are engaged with each other side by side and pivotally associated with one side of the topmost collapsible door plate, and a plurality of pulling wires which are engaged with the opposite side thereof so as to permit the collapsible door plates to be adjusted from a horizontal position to a vertical position, i.e., from an opening position to a closing position, or vice versa. Moreover, the door plates are consecutively connected to each other one by one by way of a plurality of linking pieces and length variable linkage assembly units each including a pair of pivot parts and a connector so that the door plates can be easily and smoothly collapsed and rolled up along a rolling shaft without getting stuck in operation.

Abstract: A roll-type shutter is formed of a number of horizontally elongated shutters, arranged one above the other, hingedly connected together along their adjacent edges for rolling the shutter up or extending it downwardly to form a panel. Each shutter is provided with an upper and lower cavity or channel within which a separate connector member is inserted. The connector members in each cavity are provided with generally L-shaped or hook-like internal portions which engage correspondingly shaped projections formed integrally within the interior of the respective channels so that the connectors are snugly fitted within and engaged against the interior walls of their channels. Each connector has an outer, that is, an upwardly or downwardly, respectively, arranged bent hook portion for engaging the corresponding hook portion of the next connector. The separate connectors extend substantially the full length of each of the slats and reinforce and rigidify the upper and lower edges of each of the slats.

Abstract: A roll-up closure such as a blind or door comprises vertically adjacent, horizontal slats that can be rolled up on a rod. A lowermost slat carries pins that are spring-biased outwardly into locking recesses to resist unintentional lifting of the lowermost slat. The pins are automatically retracted in response to rotation of the rod for raising the closure. An uppermost slat carries a security finger which projects beyond one end thereof and engages the underside of a stop to prevent the uppermost slat from being unintentionally lifted. A cam carried by the rod prevents the pin from moving out from beneath the stop. When the rod is rotated in a closure-raising direction the cam is shifted in a manner permitting the security finger to be disengaged from the stop.

Abstract: A pair of links hangingly support a bearing plate that secures a winding shaft of a shutter curtain. The links are arranged so that the dimension of the space accommodating the links can be minimized. A first link pivots at one end to an end of the bearing plate, adjacent to a shutter guide, and swings at the base end to a side wall of the shutter case so as to project upward away from the shutter guide. A second link pivots at one end to the other end of the bearing plate, away from the shutter guide, and swings at the base end to a portion of the side wall of the shutter case so that the second link extends under the winding shaft toward the shutter guide to bypass the winding shaft. Thus, both the first and second links can be accommodated within the diameter of the winding wheel.

Abstract: An assembly consisting of a covering including a pair of parallel fabric sheets interconnected by a series of spaced vanes forming joints with the sheets along their marginal edges. A roller is inserted into the space defined between a pair of adjacent vanes and a clip is resiliently mounted on and cooperates with the roller to capture a portion of at least one of the sheets and one of the pair of vanes, The roller and clip define collectively a roll-up surface for the covering that defines a base circle and has at least three projections projecting outwardly from the base circle to create a plurality of unobstructed recesses to receive portions of the covering when rolled up around the roller and clip.

Abstract: A rollable or foldable shutter device for protecting, closing off or partitioning of areas, such as window areas. The shutter is provided with panels (2) made from a transparent material, such as polycarbonate, and hinges (1) which are mounted so that it can be folded or rolled up. The hinges (1) and the panels (2) may be made in one piece. When the device is used, at least a part of the transparency remains.

Abstract: A roll-up strip curtain barrier apparatus is provided which provides a curtain member suspended from a support roller rotatably mounted about a door opening. The curtain member has plurality of flexible curtain-like strip panels which are adapted to span the door opening and provide an air-blocking seal. In one embodiment, the plurality of the strip panels are disposed in a plurality of rows, each row having a plurality of adjacent strip panels. The panels in one row are in abutting and overlapping relationship with the panels in the adjacent row. In one mode of operation, the flexible strip panels deflect in response to personnel and material passing through the door opening and then return to their original suspended position. In another mode of operation, the support roller may be rotated so as to wind and elevate the curtain member about the roller and create an unobstructed door opening. Reverse rotation of the support roller lowers the curtain member to the sealing position.

Abstract: Roll-down shutter with a rotating, self-locking winding shaft with coilable shutter armor made of linked interconnected shutter elements, whereby the top-most shutter element is attached to the winding shaft. In order to make an unauthorized separation of the shutters from the winding shaft practically impossible, the top-most shutter element is bound closed-shape with the winding shaft.

Abstract: An iron rolling door including a rolling door board structure and guide rails. The rolling door board structure is composed of multiple support rods, metal plates, connecting plates and stopper plates. Two ends of each metal plate is wound to define two circular holes through which the support rods extend. Each two adjacent metal plates are pivotally connected by the connecting plate, whereby the metal plates are able to rotate through a certain angle into an opened Or closed state. The stopper plates are fitted with the support rods for preventing the metal plates from slipping away from the support rods. Each guide rail has a guiding wall defining a guiding groove for receiving a slide plate. Two link members are disposed between the slide plate and the guiding wall and an extension spring is disposed between the link member and guiding wall.

Abstract: The invention relates to closures for doorways or other similar access openings and more specifically to side coiling doors in which the closure curtain forming the door is a flexible, fabric like material that is wrapped onto or coiled onto and unwrapped from or uncoiled from a vertically disposed, rotatably supported, relatively short barrel with only the upper edge portion of the door being engaged by and supported by the barrel. The upper edge of the flexible curtain forming the door is maintained on the barrel by the use of a unique spring tensioning assembly engaged with the barrel and an interlocking tracking member between the barrel and convolutions of the flexible curtain. The upper edge of the flexible curtain forming the door is supported, guided and moved along the upper edge of the opening by a track and cable system that is associated with the door opening and vertical barrel to enable effective opening and closing movement of the side coiling doors.

Abstract: A shutter assembly has a plurality of laths which extend between a pair of vertically extending side channels disposed to either side of a doorway, window or the like. A number of the laths are strengthened and are hollow box sections through which a pair of wire cables extend. The wire cables are anchored to retention members which can move vertically in the side channels. The remaining laths have windlocks at their ends which are located in and are moveable in the side channels. The wire strengthened laths are alternately interlaced with the remaining laths. The wire cables give additional strength to the strengthened laths and are sufficiently strong to withstand a heavy blow to the shutter assembly in the vicinity of the strengthened laths, extending with the blow and thereby absorbing energy rather than breaking.

Abstract: A heat insulating shutter device includes a coiled shutter housing provided on an upper edge portion of a building vertical wall which defines an opening formed in the wall and having a sliding window. The housing has an outlet in its lower end and a drive horizontal roller in its interior for winding and unwinding a shutter. The shutter comprises a multiplicity of slats interconnected so as to be wound up to a coiled form and is connected to the roller by striplike attaching members. Opposite side edge portions of the wall defining the opening each have a hollow side frame, and a lower edge portion of the wall forming the opening is provided with a hollow lower frame. Grooved shutter guides, which are opposed to each other and each attached to an inner wall of the side frame, have movably fitted therein respective opposite side edge portions of the shutter. The slats of the shutter, the side frames and the lower frame each have a hollow portion filled with urethane foam serving as a heat insulating material.

Abstract: The present invention is provided with a mechanism for controlling the opening and closing of a door comprising a speed reduction means for reducing a rotational speed. A high speed shaft is connected to the speed reduction means and is connectable to a means for rotating the input shaft, and a low speed output shaft is connected to the speed reduction means. A governor is mounted on the input shaft for limiting the rotational speed thereof, to also regulate the rotational speed of the output shaft. A brake is provided for preventing rotation of the output shaft, and a self-closing mechanism is operatively connected to the door. The self-closing mechanism is adapted for storing energy when the door is opened to an open position, and a connecting means operatively connects the output shaft to the self-closing mechanism.

Abstract: A position control, latch, and locking apparatus for use with a retractable cover used to securely enclose a pickup truck utility bed. The latch and lock mechanism is placed in a modified lead slat of the cover for latching to the cover guide tracks and to the tailgate. A key lockable actuating handle is placed on the slat concealing linkage arms pivotally connected to the handle further attached to a first and second diametrically opposed push rod for simultaneous operation of a four point spring biased latching mechanism. A flexible strap is connected to the cover to manually move the cover. The latching mechanism secures the cover to the sidewalls of the pickup truck as well as locking the tailgate in an upright position. A tailgate lip cover and attachment device is also disclosed for securely fastening the modified slat to the tailgate and provide a planar surface allowing for sealing and concealment of the latching mechanism.

Abstract: Several elongated tread plates are pivotally connected together to form the central load-bearing portion of a ramp. Rigid side rails can be latched to the assembly of tread plates to maintain the tread plates with their upper surfaces coplanar. The side rails can be unlatched from the tread plate assembly, whereupon the tread plate assembly can be rolled to compact condition for storage.

Abstract: A slatted curtain for roller blinds has slats (1, 2, 3) which are made of compressed or cast wood and into which a carrier element (4, 5, 6) is pressed or cast. The carrier elements (4, 5, 6) have hook-shaped joint portions (7, 8) for interconnecting the slats (1, 2, 3).

Abstract: A flexible, retractable assembly for use as a door, space divider, covering or the like which comprises a sheet such as Mylar polyester film having a permanent memory set to roll up on itself or otherwise retract automatically into a coil, accordion, or other compact configuration. The assembly is adapted to be stored on one side of an opening and then guided across the opening to fully or partially cover the opening. The permanent memory set of the sheet permits it to retract at least partially under its own force to eliminate or minimize the need for separate rewinding apparatus. The sheet may substitute for a variety of standard products including entryway doors, closet, cabinet and shower doors, screen doors and windows, room dividers, machinery guards and covers for various items such as florescent light fixtures. The sheet may be combined with decorative finishes including a tambour composite structure providing aesthetic and functional advantages.

Abstract: A display supported on the roof comprising a case and a flexible panel. House number indicia is on the panel. The case is connected to the roof of a house structure and the panel is movable from a storage position wherein the panel is disposed in the case to a display position wherein the panel extends a distance from the space so that the house number indicia is observable or visible from a position above the roof.

Abstract: A hazardous material container storage building comprising a plurality of modules, each module having a floor for supporting containers of hazardous waste materials and tubes underlying the floor. In one embodiment, a first and second module are provided. A mechanical joining mechanism extends through the first module tube and the second module tube for securing the first module to the second module. The first and second modules are joined to create a single, unitary hazardous waste material storage building. A related method is also provided. Another embodiment of a hazardous waste material container storage building comprises providing a plurality of modules, each having a securing member disposed on the roof of each module. Two modules are joined by connecting a fastener to the securing members of each respective module. A related method is also disclosed. The first and second embodiment may be used in the same installation.

Abstract: A window covering including first and second sheer fabrics interconnected by a plurality of transversely extending vanes is disclosed. The sheer fabrics are connected to circumferentially spaced apart fixing elements on a wind up roll which is mounted with its longitudinal axis extending generally horizontally to one side of a frame of a skylight. Associated with the wind up roll at each end are cord reels and a control pulley at one end of a respective cord reel. Rotation of the wind up roll is effected by operation of a cord wrapped around the control pulley. Wrapped around the cord reels are tension cords which pass around fixed pulleys and are connected to opposite ends of an end rail having in its interior a tension spring to the end of which are attached the ends of the tension cords. Two parallel tracks extending generally perpendicular to the wind up roll is provided for guiding the end rail.

Abstract: A roll-up or curtain type door or panel wall for use in large doorways, the door having an improved support apparatus, an improved spring mounting mechanism, and a unique bearing block which also functions to support the door as it is rolled up. The roll-up door has a substantially stronger hollow hexagonal barrel assembly which is less susceptible to flexural stress, and a spring mounting arrangement which allows the springs to shrink or grow longitudinally as the door is rolled up or down. The barrel assembly is mounted on pivoting support means allowing the barrel assembly to move away from and toward the guide tracks as the door is rolled up and down, whereby the variation in diameter of the barrel assembly does not affect the performance of the door.

Abstract: A support roller having a one-piece construction which can be cut to size to fit any sized doorway, with an outer perimeter of the support roller or flanges mounted on the support roller having a predetermined configuration to permit a rolling door, gate and the like to assume a substantially circular configuration when rolled up on the support roller, the support roller or each of the flanges being provided with a longitudinally extending recess therein and a longitudinally extending bulge portion thereon for securely mounting an end of the rolling door, gate and the like thereon, where the recess and the bulge portion of the support roller or a rail member provided within the support roller engages with collar portions of the roll-up mechanism to prevent relative rotation therebetween so that the support roller rotates with the collar portions The roll-up mechanism includes a coil spring mounted between the collar portions in such a manner that the innermost collar portion winds up the coil spring when the

Abstract: An architectural shutter curtain device having a train of a plurality of slats connected in series and adapted to be wound to form a plurality of turns on a take-up shaft of a polygonal shape having n apices. The width of the slats is varied in accordance with the change in the diameter of the wound shutter curtain device. In a group of n pieces of slats which form any one of the turns of the polygon formed when the shutter curtain device S is wound, the first to (n-2)-th slats and the n-th slat P.sub.n as counted from the winding start end have an equal width corresponding to the length of one side of the polygonal form, while the (n-1)-th slat of the group has the same width as the first to (n-2)-th slats of the group of n pieces of slats which form the next turn of a polygonal form of an increased size.

Abstract: A shutter curtain for an opening such as a window or door of a building comprising: slats each of which is made of materials having different rigidity values, wherein the shutter curtain is formed by arranging the slats in series. Furthermore, the shutter curtain for a building opening comprising: main slats made of a rigid material; and sub-slats made of a material having elasticity, wherein two end portions of the main and sub-slats are connected in series so that the shutter curtain is constituted.

Abstract: An improvement in rolling shutters that includes a slat end retainer attached to the ends of individual shutter slats contoured and configured for securing a slat end to the side track which allows the shutters to endure high velocity winds, substantial impact, or attempted forced entry without conventional storm braces. The retainer end includes a pair of contoured inner and outer flanges formed from a unitary body which has a predetermined sized slot that is keyed to fins in each vertical side track to prevent disengagement of the slat from the track.

Abstract: A roll-up door operable to slide between tracks by using an operating mechanism having a handle which extends substantially the width of the door. When the handle is pushed, it pivots in a housing attached to the door to an actuated position so that a latch at the end of the handle is retracted clear of a slot in one of the tracks. A spring is also provided between the handle and the housing for biasing the handle to pivot to a relaxed position where the latch is engaged in the slot in the track. The operating mechanism also has a lock which can be turned to position a lock bar between the handle and the housing so that the handle cannot be pivoted to the actuated position.

Abstract: A safety stopping device particularly adapted for use with an electric steel rolling door is disclosed which comprises a transmitter mounted on a base plate of the rolling door and a receiver mounted on and directly connected to the electric motor used for driving the rolling door. In addition, various transmit switches are mounted on the underside of the aforementioned base plate to indicate to the transmitter when an obstruction is encountered. Upon occurring an obstruction, a signal is transmitted to the receiver whereupon the flow of current to the electric motor is interrupted to cause the electric rolling steel door to automatically stop.

Abstract: The invention provides a roll-up door for operation with a pre-tensioned balancer and having fastening apparatus comprising a cable with fasteners, one on each end, and which is coupled to the door at first and second positions spaced substantially equally from respective sides of the door. The balancer has a clip located centrally with respect to the first and second positions so that as the cable is positioned on the balancer during initial installation, the cable can adjust in the clip so that the lengths of the cable from the balancer to the door are equalized. The cable is wound onto the balancer as the door is opened. This winding creates sufficient friction between the cables and the balancer to lock the cables to the balancer so that the cables effectively retain their equal lengths during use.

Abstract: This invention relates to a rolling shutter having a shutter curtain being wound around a winding drum forming n-polygonal winding layers. According to this invention, since a sudden change of a diameter of winding layer is eliminated, the damage and deterioration of the slats are precluded efficiency of winding and unwinding operation is improved, and it becomes easier to put a manual-operated rolling shutter of this type to practical use.The shutter curtain is comprised of slats being connected to each other and each winding layer is comprised of n slats which have the same vertical dimension. When the shutter curtain is being wound around the winding durm, the distance between the center of the winding drum and apexes of winding layers gradually increases by H/n. The distance H is the difference between a radius of a winding layer and that of adjacent winding layer(s).

Abstract: The invention refers to a roller shutter rod of stable shape, consisting of an aluminum strip plastic-coated on one side at least in part, and roll-formed into a hollow section 18 with the coated side inwards, the hollow section featuring upper and lower connecting areas with double-layer aluminum strip and an inside wall 14 as well as an outside wall 13, said hollow section featuring for the increase of the longitudinal stiffness and durability of the roller shutter rod at least one contact point 15, at which at least two aluminum strip layers are bonded with one another.

Abstract: A mechanism for controlling the raising and lowering of a door comprises a speed reduction gearing, a high speed input shaft and a low speed output shaft connected to the gearing, a governor mounted on the input shaft for regulating the input shaft's rotational speed whereby also regulating the output shaft's rotational speed, a first mechanism for operatively connecting the input shaft to a second mechanism for rotating the input shaft, a mechanism for operatively connecting the output shaft to a slatted retractable door, a brake for preventing rotation of the output shaft, and a release-mechanism the brake to permit rotation of the output shaft.

Abstract: Safety device for motorized rolling shutter comprising a generator of a signal representing the displacement of the rolling shutter and a logic processing unit (10) capable of working in learning mode and in operating mode for recording and processing signal samples and for comparing the values obtained in operating mode with the values obtained in learning mode in order to control the stopping of the motor (5) of the rolling shutter when there is an obstacle and for providing, if necessary, other functions such as the automatic stopping in the high position and in the low position, or the triggering of an alarm. The generator comprises a pulley on which is wound a flexible element (9) whose other end is connected to the end (8) of the rolling shutter, such that the unrolling of the rolling shutter (1) drives the pulley whose axis is mechanically connected to a signal generator, for example a synchronous motor.

Abstract: A louverable rolling shutter with a number of louverable, leaf-like shutter slats (1) articulated at their upper zones to pull chain links (2) and at their lower zones to adjusting chain links (5), and also being guided in fixed guide profiles (4) laterally by way of chain links. The guidance action is provided in the guide profiles (4) by the pull chain links (2) which latter are arranged in each case with the associated adjusting chain link (5) and louverable shutter slat (1) in side-by-side relationship and in alignment with respect to one another.